generic sleeve with pvc overbag, pressed on 180 g vinyl

refined selector and esteemed producer, steve braiden breaks out on his own with the off out label after some excellent releases for the likes of rush hour and joy orbison s now defunct doldrums label. its a good day when there is some new braiden productions to soak up, and hopefully the establishment of off out will see them appear with more regularity in the future. as an opening statement, apex of the sun s way is a powerful one indeed! the title track is characterised by the sort of rhythmic poise we have come to expect from a braiden production, with searing emotive textures rubbing up against some of the crispest drums heard this year. - solar poise- is equally memorable, with strange ghostly vocals trapped deep in the mix and an unpredictable synth careening around the channels.

for frenzy’s 5th installment, we’ll take the fusion of the past and the present even further.

punk / hardcore

the original tuff crew dj’s first solo album!

with his return on voltage imprint, border one serves up a 4 cut classy & club-focused ep, ensuring an eyes-closed though body-moving experience from the get go.

with his return on voltage imprint, border one serves up a 4 cut classy & club-focused ep, ensuring an eyes-closed though body-moving experience from the get go.

bureau b invites us on an expedition to silberland, a singular span of spacetime created by germany’s sonic futurists of the seventies and eighties.

the 1978 collaborative album from electronic music pioneers brian eno, dieter moebius and hans-joachim roedelius back on vinyl.

spiritual sounds from solune, remixed by patrice scott.

nice price deal !!! following on from the in demand subliminal kid release earlier this year, this sick new ep from label boss matt o brien serves up a fulsome diet of deep, dark and mindbogglingly wonky house and techno, in a release that is the apex of matts production skills to date. kicking off, the aptly named gauntlet throws down fuzzily tweaked and flanged raw beats, married to dizzying, tremelous synths, darkside stabs and general dancefloor frenzy. dodaso flips the script, sounding like a million orthogonal genres colliding and combining in deep dub sub space, underpinning the delicate melody while splurges of colour obliterate your senses. this is very different to anything else out there and will appeal to a wide range of djs and floors. rounding off the ep, blackwood freestyle at first sounds deceptively simple, hiding its dark secrets like an insane clockwork puzzle, unfolding like hell raisers lament configuration with each listen revealing uni-maginable contortions that pull you further into the groove.

murky, hypnotic rhythms from the north on a highly limited 100 press 12”.

markus fix on pleasure zone ! check !

truffle music (toronto) returns with the voices (plant music) releasing their first e.p. isince 2005 and following up on the initial success of their sure thing/street commander eps on nycs plant music. cavern is a disco punk stomper that builds from the start with sizzling 4/4 live drums, bass, keys and a hypnotic subdued vocal that build to an apex only to break down and come back harder on the instrumental tip. spooky is a tripped out instrumental that is slower in tempo and heavy on the pychedelic. featuring all live instrumentation, this track takes you on a twisted journey. l.a.s woolfy (rong, permanent vacation) takes on the remix with his epic woolfy neu rave disco mix and he delivers just that with a speed up stormer that is over twice as long as the original and has a faint scent of old warehouse days but takes it forward with an interesting arrangement and eclectic instrumentation.

apex is d.a.v.e. the drummer seminal techno imprint, sister to his formidable hydraulix label.. on this release he teams up once again with 3 deck wizard sterling moss for an excellent follow on from their apex 9 release

the complete score by tom holkonborg aka junkie xl on 180g multicolor double vinyl (blue & pink / orange & black). comes in heavyweight gatefold sleeve with matte finish, 12x12” art print included.

limited edition 12inch, 140g vinyl with hand stamped centre label //original artwork by anon

the debut mixtape from pro era crew member and brooklyn mc, joey badass

limited collectors box edition, including 4x 180 gram vinyl, 2 art prints and download code.

krtm goes all out on his third longplayer. 27 tracks on double vinyl, housed in a printed gatefold sleeve with download code and insert.

help019 is the first of two new 8-track albums by central.

the second part of soul jazz records’ guide to krautrock and german electronic music gets a well deserved reissue.

gem-k ist das femme-fatale-alter-ego von maria korkeila, einer finnischen multidisziplinären künstlerin, die an der schnittstelle von mode, grafik, textilien, fotografie und musik arbeitet.

limited pressing on transparent frog green vinyl, download code included.

regular pressing on black vinyl, download code included.

solid yellow vinyl 2lp (140g) in artworked inners and housed in a 5mm spined sleeve. artwork by martin kvamme. includes mp3 album download.

trance-inducing downtempo tribalism from vector trancer.

transitional being reveals another side of xvarrs production palette characteristically trance inducing, this release highlights the transformational potential of dance music.

tough industrial rhythms from mdd, remixed by swarm intelligence and mickey nox. white vinyl pressing.

eight tracks from operator on double 12 inch vinyl.

jazz compositions and arrangements by john batiste, from and inspired by the soundtrack of “soul” (disney / pixar). the vinyl lp is housed in a gatefold sleeve.

as 2020 draws to a close the surface tension series reaches its apex with part iii, containing a like number of compositions which continue the sound refined and alloyed in the preceding volumes.

10th birthday dropout incl. juan wauters, chassol, david numwami, lord apex, nxxxxxs, myd, voiski, tryphème, myth syzer

after 5 years - the next jaga jazzist album on brainfeeder

(pressed at archer record pressing, detroit) 2 vinyl with a color jacket (red) jeff mills (aka millsart) readies every dog has its day vol. 5. after 17 years, mills continues the techno jazz conversation with vol. 5.

limited to 300, hand numbered

lateral fragments double 12” sales pack including latfragv001 & latfragv002.

double pack of abstract and dancefloor excursions, for fans of apex twin

the debut album from renegade trio mutant beat dance (traxx aka melvin oliphant, beau wanzer and steve summers) takes the wild and free sound of chicago’s music box era into the 21st century. ben ufo: -it s such a killer record!- mutant beat dance return with their debut self-titled 25 track album. contains booklet of images (in development since 2015). limited edition!! . over twenty-five tracks the album mines an oft cited but rarely understood ground at the intersection of post-punk, minimal wave, industrial, disco dub, ebm and proto-house / early-house. “mutant beat dance ” is an epic journey into a classic american ideology that had its apex in chicago

the second vinyl of liquidnation series is opening with deep liquid by m25 & first function. this a1 track is a multi broken beat tune with euphoric sounds and pitched down male vocals uniting to jungle at the apex of the track.

kevin de vries delivers big room drama on his ‘aratak’ ep for afterlife recordings.
spirited synth lines, drum rolls, gripping moments of silence and weighty kick drums make the title track of de vries’ afterlife debut formidable club gear. ‘sciamachy’ is more subtle, centred around a euphoric arpeggio which spirals to its apex. konstantin sibold contributes a fine remix, toning down certain elements of ‘sciamachy’ to let others shine. it completes an ep that brims with energy and dancefloor dynamism, a hugely exciting first full record for de vries on afterlife.

considered by many as -the motown of salsa,- fania records is probably the most transcendental label in the history of latin music. by bringing together the eclectic vision of dominican bandleader johnny pacheco with the business savvy of impresario jerry masucci, fania created a sound: the apex of tropical music, combined with the swing of big band jazz and the gritty vibe of american r&b. the label provided an artistic heaven for a young generation of musicians who were inspired to experiment with new musical formats. the albums recorded by willie colón, héctor lavoe, rubén blades and eddie palmieri from the early 70s to the mid- 80s went beyond the parameters of so-called -salsa- - taking latin music to unsuspected levels of sophistication. when you think latin soul you relate to a mélange of r&b and mambo rhythms intermixed culturally by and for the youth of america. it was 1974, and a brash youngster by the name of ralfi pagan walked into the offices of fania records and demanded to be heard. fania president jerry masucci allowed ralfi that opportunity, and ralfi auditioned for jerry right there in his office. it took only a few moments for masucci to realize that he was in the company of his newest recording artist, he put ralfi in touch with recording director, johnny pacheco, who hurried him into the recording studio for ralfi’s first fania recording session.

ground is an osaka native, but his soul is truly that of a nomad, traversing the planet, befriending the kindred spirits found in humans, animals and plants. he is exceptionally receptive to the beauty in all that surrounds him—the incidental music of a busy city street, the orchestrated chaos of a scrambling radio, the syncopated grace of a migrating flock of birds, the simplicity of an isolated hand clap—and as his map continuously unfolds, he accumulates a vast catalogue of visceral tools to complex musically recount his experiences. sunizm is a cross section of the artist’s process—an array of complex microcosms overlapping to comprise a thematic whole—gathering field recordings, found instrumentation, jagged electronics, and synthesized chanting, to be woven into a dense narrative that appears both obsessively constructed and divinely improvised. with each consecutive track, the artist gradually constructs hypnotic patterns that 1-up the mind as it struggles to break free from a seduction of loops, steadily intensifying until reaching an apex of sound collage so cerebral that the listener might consider a post-album shower. but alas, the fourth quarter releases a bit of pressure, our gobs still lay smacked but there is a warm confidence as the psychedelic trial delivers us home to nod out. dear humans, animals and plants, ground and the esp institute present, sunizm.

the word ‘rave’ became sort of a metaphor. but back in the days, it was the name for the revolution, not less than that. warehouse memories was born to give a direction to that revolution, this is rave 002. forward strategy group join the warehouse side of arts with a brilliant debut, 4 cuts that gives an extra luxury level to your mixes.

reaching its 15th release, amphia sees the return of cezar lazar’s double ep, intuitively called “archetypes”. known for his innovative approach both behind the decks and productions, cezar’s creative alter-ego enacts a variable puzzle with hard-edged sonic pieces laid out over five tracks, each with their own distinct acoustic palette. side a holds “equtime”. this side-long track envelops a stripped-down melody with perforated rhythmical pads, fleshed out with disconnected threads of vocals. side b is dedicated entirely to “badgervox”. displaying a weighty bass section alongside the shuffled percussion work, its intricate melody is integrated smoothly creating a unique soundscape. “thicken court” holds the first half of side c. sharp in its composition, it holds an assorted percussion ensemble and a collection of fizzy waveforms. they complement a thunder-like bass protagonist that holds the center stage. we continue with “boe dark”, where textures and sharp tones grow in layers upon layers creating tension. the apex is reached when modular timbres are hindered by sparse piano patterns, completing this electro-acoustic scenery. on the flipside, “wedmar” holds the key to our puzzle with its accurate four-to-the-floor feat. with a series of programmed overlapping organ vibes, the sound feels both piercing and intense, creating a sort of sensory impairment. “archetypes” displays cezar lazar s gentle subtleties and fluency in different dialects of idm.
(text by: bianca iulia)